Her partiality for this gentleman was not of recent origin; and he had been long withheld only by inferiority of situation from addressing her.

她对这位先生的偏爱并不是最近才产生的。长期以来，他只是因为地位低下才不敢和她说话。

The second was a codicil, of recent origin, maintaining the annuities to Mrs. Penniman and Mrs. Almond, but reducing Catherine's share to a fifth of what he had first bequeathed her.

第二份是最近的遗嘱，保留了彭尼曼夫人和阿尔蒙德夫人的年金，但将凯瑟琳的份额减少到他最初遗赠给她的五分之一。